| A | B |
|---|
| nominating conventions | meeting where party members choose their party's candidates |
| Jacksonian Democracy | period of the 1820's and 1830's of expanded democracy, expanded voting rights |
| Democratic Party | political party that arose in 1828 from supporters of Andrew Jackson |
| John C. Calhoun | ran for vice-president with Andrew Jackson in 1828 |
| spoils system | the practice of giving government jobs to political backers |
| Martin Van Buren | Secretary of State chosen by Andrew Jackson |
| Kitchen Cabinet | informal advisors who met with Jackson in the White House kitchen |
| inauguration | ceremony where the president is sworn into office by the chief justice of the Supreme Court |
